The Pied Piper
56 mins
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
Vladimír Malík
Cinematography
Viktor Dyk
Original Story
Ivan Vít
Cinematography
Kamil Pixa
Screenplay
Jan Zach
Animation
Miroslav Jirounek
Music Director
Robert Browning
Characters
Xenie Vavrečková
Animation
Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly
Animation
Helena Lebdušková
Editor
Ivan Vít
Still Photographer